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Thread: Fascinating.Aussies chime in/ who has these colours

  1. 02-18-2015, 11:08 PM #1
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    Fascinating.Aussies chime in/ who has these colours

    Avail.? B/c their bullets are not avail here (US)

    http://www.rpgfirearms.com.au/WESTCASTINGS.htm
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  2. 02-20-2015, 06:35 AM #2
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    Ha. Forget Westcastings.
    Their coating is some hodge podge of car paint and armature varnish or something.
    It is NOT HITEK Supercoat.
    Hooroo.
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  3. 02-20-2015, 06:59 AM #3
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    thought ya could get hitek in most of those old colors westcast used to do...
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  4. 02-20-2015, 08:27 AM #4
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    Maybe 20 years ago. not now.
    Hooroo.
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  5. 02-20-2015, 09:28 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ausglock View Post
    Maybe 20 years ago. not now.
    Looking at old records, the first material was supplied to them was back in January 2000. Supply ceased end of October 2004. Nothing supplied to them since. So time is actually 11 years, since they were supplied with Hi-Tek coatings and other products.. but it seems like 20 years......
    A bit of a background, the Hi-Tek coatings became a commercial product back in 1991 supplied to one company who wanted 12 months to market product, before it was released to other manufacturers.
    The Black coating as the first one, followed by (1- EX)Extreme, and (2-X) two extreme, and all were Black.
    Various colours were developed thereafter, within a year after launch of the Black coatings. Dark Green, Metallic Blue/Green with Silver Metallics, Old Gold, Red Copper, Flash Green,
    and WC Green (Emerald Green). Now, there are probably a Dozen or more colours have been made, that are commercially used. All were solvent based coatings.
    So it is now coming up to the 25th anniversary since launch.
    Now, most of the coloured coatings, are now also supplied as powdered systems, so people do not have to pay for transporting flammable goods.
    (I am showing my vintage here...lol...lol)
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  6. 02-20-2015, 11:57 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ausglock View Post
    Maybe 20 years ago. not now.
    yes but hi tek have gold,red,black,green which is the colors he was talking about... I think the op is after the colors going by his post title...
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  7. 02-21-2015, 03:57 AM #7
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    That page from RPG firearms is very old and way out of date. Westcastings colours are no longer the colours shown.
    If the OP wants to see the HITEK colours, all he has to do is contact HITEK Joe.
    Hooroo.
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  8. 02-21-2015, 09:26 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ausglock View Post
    That page from RPG firearms is very old and way out of date. Westcastings colours are no longer the colours shown.
    If the OP wants to see the HITEK colours, all he has to do is contact HITEK Joe.
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